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1955 Central High School Baseball Team

The 1955 Central High School baseball team and starting lineup. The school was established in 1917 at 161 Rains Avenue at the corner of Wedgewood Avenue. Central High School was closed in 1971 and the ...

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A class in Modern Dance at Ward-Belmont College, 1933 March

A photograph of a class in modern dance at Ward-Belmont College located at 1900 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee. Pictured are Claudia Whitson (top center), (down left to right) Jane Bagley, ...

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A First Step toward school integration, 1958 June

Pamphlet written by Anna Holden in cooperation with the Nashville Congress of Racial Equality group, 1958. The pamphlet tells how a CORE group helped parents and children, despite the violence of segr ...

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A gymnastics class at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies, between 1890 and 1899

A copy photograph of an 1890's gymnastics class of young female students at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies in Nashville, Tennessee. The photograph shows Mary Louise and Sadie Warner (later Mrs. Will ...

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A. Laidye Askew reflects on her philosophy of education, 2007 September 26

An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with retired educator A. Laidye Askew, conducted on 26 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Martha O'Brien at the Nashville Story ...

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A. Z. Kelley and the legal team for Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville, 1955 September

A photograph of A. Z. Kelley and some of the legal team from Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville in September 1955. Following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Supreme Court issued Br ...

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Aaron and Raquel Miles discuss Aaron's cleft palate, 2007 October 13

An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Aaron Michael Miles, conducted on 13 October 2007 by his wife, Raquel Bueno Miles, at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, locat ...

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Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church, 2001 November 17

A photograph of Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church. Formerly Twelfth Avenue Church of Christ, Abyssinia Missionary Baptist sits at 1810 Twelfth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The current Bap ...

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Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, The

Limited edition book. Please contact the Main Library Reference Department to make an appointment to view this item. 2 v : ill ; 30 cm

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The

Limited edition book. Please contact the Main Library Reference Department to make an appointment to view this item. 474 p. : ill ; 24 cm

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Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, The

Limited edition book. Please contact the Main Library Reference Department to make an appointment to view this item. 2 v : ill ; 30 cm

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The

Limited edition book. Please contact the Main Library Reference Department to make an appointment to view this item.

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Aerial photograph of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1954

An aerial photograph of downtown Nashville, photographed for The Nashville Banner, by photographer John Morgan circa 1954. The view includes the urban landscape from the area adjacent to the Tennessee ...

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Aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1940

A postcard aerial view of downtown Nashville, circa 1940. Leading up to the 1940s, Nashville's importance as a trading center grew steadily, and the city was known to the business world as "The Comme ...

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Aerial view of the demolition of the Andrew Jackson Hotel, circa 1971

This image provides an aerial view of the demolition of the Andrew Jackson Hotel, ca. 1971, to make way for the James K. Polk Office Building, which contains the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and t ...

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Aesop's Fables

Limited edition book. Please contact the Main Library Reference Department to make an appointment to view this item. 211 p. : ill ; 26 cm

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Airplane view of A. & I. State College, Nashville, Tenn., between 1930 and 1945

A postcard of the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College campus. This school was established in 1912 for the higher education of African American youth. Today the school is known as Ten ...

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Limited edition book. Please contact the Main Library Reference Department to make an appointment to view this item. 183 p. : ill ; 23 cm

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All Saints Church, 2001 April 01

A photograph of All Saints Church, located at 4513 Park Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The denomination of the church is Southern Episcopal. The exterior walls are built with stone. An asphalt shi ...

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Almanac for Moderns, An

Limited edition book. Please contact the Main Library Reference Department to make an appointment to view this item. 338 p. : ill ; 24 cm

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